A piece of conceptual artwork for the upcoming game Kaiju Combat was made by artist Matt Frank (the creator of the upcoming comic Godzilla: Rulers of Earth), and he labeled the artwork "Kaiju Combat Preview - Nemesis". Nemesis is the first boss in Kaiju Combat and the star of the book Project Nemesis by author Jeremy Robinson.[3] She bears some resemblence to the body of the American Godzilla.

Concept art of Orga bearing a slight similarity to the American Godzilla design.

In the 1999 Japanese film Godzilla 2000, Orga's appearance is slightly influenced by the American Godzilla, especially his head.[4] Godzilla 2000/Godzilla 1999, with its more hunched down reptilian look and sharp pointed dermal spikes/plates, also bears some slight similarities to the American Godzilla design. Just like the 1998 film, Godzilla, the Japanese 1999 film was also distributed by TriStar Pictures.

The concept of the Japanese film Godzilla vs. Megaguirus bear some similarities to the cancelled sequel to the American 1998 film, Godzilla 2, where the American Godzilla battles giant monster insects in its second film appearance. Just like the more reptilian-looking Godzilla 2000 battled giant mutant insects (with a similar American Godzilla-look) in its second film appearance. Just like Orga, the insects look like if they came out of an American Godzilla film.

The American Godzilla made an appearance in Armageddon alongside other Godzilla toys during the opening sequence in New York, when a little dog attacked the Godzilla toys on sale. This was a friendly jab at the other big special effects movie of that summer, which was released a month and a half earlier.

In the film Inspector Gadget, the evil clone of the main character imitates Godzilla's head with the shadow of his hands during a scene. It's probably a nod to Godzilla (1998 film), the previous film of actor Matthew Broderick.

In the Robot Chicken episode "That Hurts Me", the segment Godzilla Remade Again featured Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich remaking Godzilla (1998 film) once more; the segment goes on to show a scene of Baby Godzillas attacking, only to begin inexplicably roller skating and dancing in a rink. When the studio head bemoans the fact that he trusted Devlin and Emmerich to make a decent Godzilla-film, for the second time, and that they instead have produced an unmarketable "pile of crap", for the second time, Devlin and Emmerich give each other a high-five.[5]

In a poster for Star Wars: Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones (2002), there was a tagline saying "Size matters not. Except on IMAX screen". This could be seen as a reference to the 1998 film's famous tagline "Size Does Matter." The official webpage of the film has also parodied the slogan of the movie, "Size Does Matter." with "Plot Does Matter." The poster also shows San Francisco and the Golden Gate bridge (where Godzilla (1994 film) took place) and New York (where Godzilla (1998 film) took place).

Several films like Anaconda (1997), Komodo, Curse of the Komodo, SuperCroc and Gargantua (which was made by FOX to benefit from the Godzilla-hype) has used the typical American Godzilla-eye on posters, VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray covers. The film Pulgasari also has a similar glowing title to that of the 1998 film.[6]

R/C controlled Yonggary, bootlegged under the name Godzilla. The "De-motivational" frames and text were added later.

The film Reptilian is inspired by Godzilla (1998 film). It's also the remake of an old kaiju film (Yonggary), and one of his DVD cover look a lot like a scene from the 1998 film and has the typical TriStar Godzilla green glow of the title.[7][8]

The Histeria! episode "More Explorers" opened up with a cold opener in which a gigantic Big Fat Baby rises from the sea and goes on a rampage. The film is directly referenced right at the end of the segment by way of the caption "Smell does matter."

In the episode "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" the film "Zilla", an american remake of the japanese film series "Homerzilla", is an obvious reference to the 1998 Godzilla, the american remake of the japanese film series of the same name. The name of the remake is clearly inspired by the japanese creature Zilla, who is inspired by the monster from the 1998 film, and in both remake, the titular monster is more dinosaur-looking in appearance than the japanese one. The scene where Godzilla grabs a truck in his mouth from the 1998 film is also parodied.

Other remakes of movie monsters were released after the success of Godzilla (1998 film), likeThe Mighty Kong (an unofficial remake of King Kong) and Gargantua (an unofficial remake of Gorgo). A remake of the Danish film Reptilicus was also envisaged, but it was cancelled.[10]